Morzger Hill

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Morzger Hügel, Goiser Hügel, Golser Bichl
The two Morzger hills: - View from Hellbrunn, between the Montfort Castle (Salzburg)

The two Morzger hills: - View from Hellbrunn, between the Montfort Castle (Salzburg)

height 470  m above sea level A.
location Salzburg , Austria
Dominance 0.9 km →  Hellbrunn mountain
Notch height 34 m ↓  Keltenallee
Coordinates 47 ° 45 '58 "  N , 13 ° 3' 17"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 45 '58 "  N , 13 ° 3' 17"  E
Morzger Hill (State of Salzburg)
Morzger Hill
rock Conglomerate, marl and marl limestone
Age of the rock Upper Chalk
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The two Morzger hills belong to the small Salzburg city mountains. They border the Morzg district of Salzburg to the south . The two approximately equally high hills are the Vordere Morzger Hügel, also called Sophienhöhe and the Rear Morzger Hügel, also called Dossenhügel, which extend over approx. 750 m. It is bordered to the west by Eichetwald and to the east by Hellbrunn . In the south is the Montfort Castle (Salzburg) . Both hills are divided by a notch in which a path from Morzg to Hellbrunn runs. There are also several ponds of different sizes between the two hills (the largest is 1,500 m², others are around 150 or 100 m², while the smallest is only 50 m²). The ponds were probably created around 1900, less as fish ponds, more as ice ponds for a nearby inn.

History

In 1913 the innkeeper and local researcher Leo Brandauer found numerous pottery shards on the northern lower slope of the front mountain. Eight cubic meters of shards and bone ash were excavated here, which were the remains of an early Bronze Age burnt offering. A chert knife that was found was probably used as a slaughter tool. The numerous burned animal bones and the large number of broken vessels suggest a long-used sacrificial site.

Morzger Hill with Montfort Castle

Not far from the hill, urn fields were found during excavations in the Morzg area. This is the only cemetery of the urn field culture in Salzburg that has been uncovered to date ; it was located on the northern edge of this settlement. The Roman grave altar walled in on the south side of a nave (2nd / 3rd century AD) and the bathing complex of a Roman villa that was excavated next to the cemetery in 2000 also indicate continuous settlement.

Bunker entrance on Morzger Hill

The Morzg bunker system (Montfort Ost tunnel system) is also located in the Morzger Hügel. It dates from the Second World War and was built as an air raid shelter . After the war, it was leased by the Austrian Armed Forces and expanded, but is no longer needed. Here, too, attempts were made to use the disused facility for parties; after two attempts (2003), however, further events were no longer permitted. a. because of inadequate escape routes but also because of the lack of ventilation systems.

literature

  • Reinhard Medicus: The two Morzger hills, part 1. The two Morzger hills, part 2. Bastei, magazine of the Salzburg City Association, episode 3 from 2009 and episode 1 from 2010, Salzburg 2009 and 2010. The Morzger hills (PDF; 2.1 MB)
  • Gerhard L. Fasching: Air raid tunnel 1943–1945 Old Town Salzburg. Salzburg, Pangeo: 2012. Air raid shelter in Salzburg (PDF; 1.8 MB)
  • R. Oberhauser: Morzger Hill Geology of the Morzger Hill (PDF; 69 kB)
  • Jaro Podhorsky: Goiserbichl - Dossen - Eichet and Hellbrunnerberg, a forest flora and vegetation study. Vegetation of the Morzger hill (PDF; 2.0 MB)

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